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For applying; seeing these promises are so precious, store thy heart with them: that which way soever the blow comes, Impavidum non improvisum feriat; it may assault thee without fear, not without foresight. Art thou molested with troubles? remember the promise; ^pIn the world thou shalt have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. And^q Call upon me in the day of trouble, I will hear thee, and thou shalt glorify me. All days are troublesome; Man is of few days, and full of trouble. Job 14.1. but some are worse than other. That aged Patriarch-told the King or Egypt; few and evil have the days of thy servant been: he had many evil days, but some worse; when he lost Rachel his wife, Joseph his son. The Thames hath always in it water enough to drown a man, but sometimes it is more tempestuous and raging than at others. As all times have their incident trouble, so there is one main day of trouble: Jerusalem is threatened her Day of visitation. What shall we do when this day of trouble comes? remember the promise; Call upon me, saith God; I will hear and deliver thee. Do thy friends leave thee? mayest thou complain with David, my neighbours hide themselves, and my acquaintance stood afar off? Consider the Lords promise; Heb. 13.5. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. What was spoken to^r Joshua in particular, the Apostle interests every Christian in general; the infallible promise of Gods inseparable presence. Art thou tempted? remember the promise; God will not suffer thee to be tempted above thy strength. If God remove not Pauls temptation, he will give him an equivalent help; my grace is sufficient for thee. Tentari sinet, superari non sinet. Doth the Law threaten thee with death for thy sins? remember the promise; there is no damnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, Rom. 8.1. Answer with Luther, Dominalex; Lady law thou comest not in season, I have nothing to do with thee: thou art a bitter lady, but I have a sweet Lord. There is death in thy looks, but there is salvation in the face of Jesus Christ: who is fairer than all the sons of men. The Law is all red, nothing but blood, death, and fire in her looks: Christ is white and red, of the purest complexion;